Machine for making excelsior.



PATENTED JUNE 7, 1904.

L. BATTEY.

MACHINE FOR MAKING EXGELSIOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented June '7, 1904.

LEVI BATTEY, OF GLOVERSVILLE, NElV YORK.

MACHINE FOR MAKING EXCELSIOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 762,117, dated June 7, 1904.

Application filed May 2,1903. Serial No, 155,298. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LEVI BATTEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Gloversville, county of Fulton, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Making Excelsior, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in machines for making excelsior, and relates to that class of machines having a reciprocating frame or slide carrying spurs or cutting-knives for dividing the wood into equal strips and also a blade or lplane to shave the upper surface of the strips to form excelsior; and the object of my improvement is to provide a continually-lubricating bearing for the sliding parts; second, to provide a rolling series of knives in the place of spurs or stationary knives and also to provide means for adjusting the same, and, third, to provide a cleaning device or comb for keeping the rolling knives from all shavings and prevent the clogging of the same.

WVith these ends in view this invention consists in the details of construction and combi.

nation of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, the construction and operation will now be described in detail, referring to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved mechanism; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section through the same; Fig. 3, a cross section through the device; Fig. 4, an enlarged detail longitudinal section of the means for adjusting the rolling knives, and Fig. 5 an enlarged cross-section through one side of the slide and its bearing.

A represents the fixed or stationary frame of the machine, to which is secured the guides B, which guides have a longitudinal opening B formed through the same, closed at both ends, and small lateral openings or holes B arranged at intervals along the guide and extending from the interior to the exterior thereof.

bear.

C is the sliding frame, which has adjustably secured at each side of it the slide-bearings D, which slide upon the guides B. The opening B in the guide B is adapted to be filled with a lubricant which will keep the slide continually lubricated by oozing through the holes or openings B formed in the guide.

E represents a series of circular knives arranged side by side upon a mandrel or shaft E, which shaft is journaled at each end in the arms F, which arms are pivoted at one end to the sliding frame C and have swiveled through the other-end the threaded bolts G, which are threaded into the slide C for the purpose of adjusting the knives up or down. The bolts have flanges against which the arms This series of rolling knives forming the cutter extends through an opening C, formed through the slide C, and is adapted to come in contact with the board H, from which the excelsior is made, and as the slide C reciprocates the cutter will cut into the board a predetermined distance and cut the same into strips of equal width.

1 is a comb or cleaning device composed of a number of teeth which extend in between the knives of the cutter and keep the same clean and prevent any clogging of the knives.

.J is a shaving blade or plane which is adjustably secured to the slide C and follows the cutter and passes through the slide C and comes in contact with the board H, so as to shave off the strips formed by the knives E, thus forming excelsior. The cutting edge of this blade J is oblique, as shown in Fig. l, and cuts with a shearing action which greatly facilitates the forming of the excelsior;

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact construction here shown, as slight modifications could be made without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful is In an excelsior-cutting machine, a frame having suitable guides, a sliding frame having a transverse aperture, bearings. adjustable on the sliding frame, screws carried by the sliding frame seated against the edges of the bearings for retaining said hearings in place, arms pivoted on the sliding frame, knives I fixed my signature in the presence of tWo subrotatably mounted on the arms, a flanged bolt scribing Witnesses. in the end of each arm for adj ustin the height of the arms, and a shaving-knife suitably LEVI BATTEY' 5 mounted on the sliding frame, substantially Witnesses:

as described. JOHN L. GETMAN,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto af- WM. F. STEELE. 

